The EIU view

The South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) will secure another strong victory in the 2019 general poll, but its dominance will weaken thanks to public opposition to austerity and SWAPO's resistance to increasingly popular calls for ancestral lands to be redistributed. Weak growth in 2019-23 will reflect the negative impact on demand of public spending cuts in economy, but government policy will tilt towards promoting private investment.

Safety fears threaten Husab mine operations
Miners stopped work after claiming that unchecked explosives and detonators had been discovered. The dispute comes on top of wage talks between unions and management at the mine.